# Locum Consultant Anaesthetist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Grampian. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-anaesthetist/8e0496f4-3478-4ebd-97dc-d9acc7c69f0e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-anaesthetist/8e0496f4-3478-4ebd-97dc-d9acc7c69f0e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Grampian - **Town:** Aberdeen - **Region:** North of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Anaesthesia and Intensive Care - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £96,963 - £128,841 - **Contract type:** Fixed-term - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-12-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2024-01-26T11:06:45.840Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=162405 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=162405 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsgrampian.org ## Job Content NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. NHS GRAMPIAN LOCUM CONSULTANT ANAESTHETIST – 1 Year post FULL TIME, FLEXIBLE OR PART-TIME APPOINTMENT DR GRAY’S HOSPITAL NHS Grampian is delighted at the prospect of recruiting a further Locum Consultant Anaesthetist to Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin. This full-time post (10 PA’s) will primarily be based at Dr Gray’s Hospital.   Specialist interest will be encouraged and there may be an opportunity, if appropriate, for interested and suitably qualified applicants to work at other hospitals within Grampian. Colleagues with an interest in Remote and Rural Anaesthesia practice within the North of Scotland, Highlands and Islands are also welcome to apply. Individualised Job Planning can be tailored to the requirements of the service and applicants. Dr Gray’s Hospital is situated in Elgin, the county town of Moray in the North-East of Scotland. Inverness lies 35 miles to the West with Aberdeen 65 miles to the East. We are Scotland’s smallest District General Hospital. The Anaesthetic service is currently under full review in terms of staffing and function: work is underway to establish an expanded Consultant tier. Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post).  For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org If you are interested in joining the Anaesthetic Team at Dr Gray’s we would be delighted to invite you to visit the Hospital and speak to our clinicians about the work of the department as well as an insight to the recreational activities in the surrounding area. Interested prospective candidates should contact: Dr Marek Wolanski , Consultant Anaesthetist and Clinical Lead. Telephone 01343 567317 or email marek.wolanski@nhs.scot If you would like to find out more about working and living in Moray please visit this page: Moray Recruitment | Living and Working for NHS Scotland in Moray & Grampian (wishyouworkedhere.scot) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES You should apply for this post by completing the application process on Jobtrain.DO NOT upload a CV as this will not be used for short listing purposes.Posts close at midnight on the indicated date unless the advert states post may close early due to volume of applications.For help to complete an application on Job Train please follow this link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/To view our accessibility statement, please follow this link: https://www.eess.nhs.scot/jobtrain-accessibility-statement/Please note that our correspondence method is by e-mail, therefore please ensure you enter your email address accurately.Please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and also your Jobtrain account for updates.Please contact Jobtrain Candidate Support Hub - https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home for advice and support with any system issues.We recommend using the Internet Browser "Google Chrome" or "Microsoft Edge" when using Jobtrain.Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments.Some of our vacancies are for internal candidates only. If you are a member of staff, please ensure you update your Jobtrain profile to reflect that you are employed by NHS Grampian. NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values. ## Job Details NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. NHS GRAMPIAN LOCUM CONSULTANT ANAESTHETIST – 1 Year post FULL TIME, FLEXIBLE OR PART-TIME APPOINTMENT DR GRAY’S HOSPITAL NHS Grampian is delighted at the prospect of recruiting a further Locum Consultant Anaesthetist to Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin. This full-time post (10 PA’s) will primarily be based at Dr Gray’s Hospital.   Specialist interest will be encouraged and there may be an opportunity, if appropriate, for interested and suitably qualified applicants to work at other hospitals within Grampian. Colleagues with an interest in Remote and Rural Anaesthesia practice within the North of Scotland, Highlands and Islands are also welcome to apply. Individualised Job Planning can be tailored to the requirements of the service and applicants. Dr Gray’s Hospital is situated in Elgin, the county town of Moray in the North-East of Scotland. Inverness lies 35 miles to the West with Aberdeen 65 miles to the East. We are Scotland’s smallest District General Hospital. The Anaesthetic service is currently under full review in terms of staffing and function: work is underway to establish an expanded Consultant tier. Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post).  For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org If you are interested in joining the Anaesthetic Team at Dr Gray’s we would be delighted to invite you to visit the Hospital and speak to our clinicians about the work of the department as well as an insight to the recreational activities in the surrounding area. Interested prospective candidates should contact: Dr Marek Wolanski , Consultant Anaesthetist and Clinical Lead. Telephone 01343 567317 or email marek.wolanski@nhs.scot If you would like to find out more about working and living in Moray please visit this page: Moray Recruitment | Living and Working for NHS Scotland in Moray & Grampian (wishyouworkedhere.scot) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES You should apply for this post by completing the application process on Jobtrain.DO NOT upload a CV as this will not be used for short listing purposes.Posts close at midnight on the indicated date unless the advert states post may close early due to volume of applications.For help to complete an application on Job Train please follow this link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/To view our accessibility statement, please follow this link: https://www.eess.nhs.scot/jobtrain-accessibility-statement/Please note that our correspondence method is by e-mail, therefore please ensure you enter your email address accurately.Please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and also your Jobtrain account for updates.Please contact Jobtrain Candidate Support Hub - https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home for advice and support with any system issues.We recommend using the Internet Browser "Google Chrome" or "Microsoft Edge" when using Jobtrain.Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments.Some of our vacancies are for internal candidates only. If you are a member of staff, please ensure you update your Jobtrain profile to reflect that you are employed by NHS Grampian. NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values. ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Evidence of involvement in clinical audit and service improvement. **Desirable** - Ability to plan and deliver service redesign/process improvement. ### Ability **Essential** - Knowledge and experience of a wide range of techniques in general and regional anaesthesia, including, advanced airway management, placement of arterial lines, central venous lines, spinal anaesthesia, epidural analgesia etc. Experience of stabilisation of critically ill adults and children. - Ability to take full responsibility for independent management of patients. - Experience of teaching and supervising the performance of clinical skills by trainees. **Desirable** - Teaching qualifications and previous experience teaching on courses. ### Research **Essential** - Evidence of previous research activity and presentations. **Desirable** - Involvement in ongoing research studies. - Previous journal publications. - Posters or oral presentation at national or international meetings. ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of six years clinical anaesthesia, in fully recognised training posts. - Ability to undertake the clinical work expected of a consultant anaesthetist in NHS practice in Scotland including full on-call emergency duties. - Recent experience of inter-hospital transfer of critically ill patients. - Current experience at consultant level in paediatric and obstetric anaesthesia. **Desirable** - Recent experience working in critical care. ### Motivation **Essential** - Genuine interest and enthusiasm for practicing anaesthesia in a small district general hospital. - Genuine interest and enthusiasm for living in a largely rural area and community. ### Personality **Essential** - Enthusiasm and ability to work as part of a small, mutually supportive team. - Ability to cope with acutely stressful situations on a recurring basis. ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBChB (or equivalent). - FRCA (or equivalent). - CCT in Anaesthesia (or equivalent); In some instances you may be able to work as a locum without CCT. - GMC Registration. - License to Practice. - Be on, or be eligible for inclusion on within six months of interview, the GMC Specialist Register. In some instances you may be able to work as a locum without CCT. **Desirable** - Additional post-graduate qualifications e.g. MD/PhD/MSc. - FICM (or equivalent). - Additional sub-specialty training e.g. chronic pain. ### Management ability **Essential** - Sensitivity to management issues. - Understanding of the organisation of the NHS. **Desirable** - Previous formal management/clinical leadership roles. ### Other requirements **Essential** - Sensitivity to professional issues, standards and ethics. - Ability to communicate with clarity in written and spoken English. - Ability to communicate, establish rapport and negotiate. - Ability to produce legible notes. - Enthusiasm for teaching medical students, trainees and non-medical staff. - Visit to the Department of Anaesthesia at Dr Gray’s Hospital or in-depth knowledge of the unit prior to shortlisting. ## Documents - [PS162045 - Locum Consultant Pack](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=761716&JobId=162405) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.